Earth Talk: Ethanol’s unrealized promise
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Ethanol and similar “biofuels” made from corn and other crops seem like a good idea given their potential for reducing our carbon outputs as well as our reliance on fossil fuels.
Search Results for climate
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National Preparedness Month: Tips to become Ready, Responsive and Resilient to extreme weather
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AccuWeather reports as National Preparedness Month, September brings the reminder of how pivotal it is to be prepared for extreme weather in order to minimize the impact on families, communities and essential infrastructures.
Sexism: The Killer Elephant in the Room
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Sexism is socially-constructed gender bias, creating a culture that objectifies females as mere collections of body parts. Sexism ensures a climate in which women are viewed as possessions, as property, as somehow inferior by definition, with the result that male domination of females is sanctioned.
USDA provides $328 million to conserve wetlands and farmland, boost economy
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that $328 million in funding is being invested to help landowners protect and restore key farmlands, grasslands and wetlands across the nation.
Emotional roller-coaster for former UVA QBs at Richmond
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Michael Strauss definitely wanted Saturday’s game. The former UVA backup, now starting, and excelling, as a second-year starting quarterback at Richmond, felt like he had a lot to prove bringing his Spiders in to play against his old teammates and the coach who first recruited him, Mike London.
Press Conference: UVA football coach Mike London
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UVA football coach Mike London talks with reporters after Virginia’s 45-13 win over Richmond on Saturday.
Earth Talk: Tar sands oil development’s impact on birds
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Each year tens of million of migratory birds “overwinter” in the Canadian Boreal forest, a vast tract of mostly uninhabited coniferous woodlands and wetlands stretching from Newfoundland to the Yukon.
Student Sexual Misconduct: Important information for UVA alumni, parents
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The University of Virginia is a caring community based on the principles of honor, respect, and personal accountability. Yet we know that incidents of misconduct and violence — including sexual misconduct and violence — do sometimes occur on our Grounds.
The Washington football mascot skews reality about the first people
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Until recently, I never really paid much attention to the Native American mascot issue. “It’s not my fight,” I thought.
Ed Gillespie spouting nonsense, GOP talking points, or both?
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The world is coming to an end, and the reason why: Barack Obama. This was the message from Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie Monday in Buena Vista.
